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		<title>Amanda Bessicks, Cecil County State&#8217;s Attorney, Resigns for Health Reasons; Judges to Name Successor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2019 21:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS ANALYSIS Amanda Bessicks, the newly-elected Cecil County State’s Attorney, is resigning her post as of 3/15/2019 due to health reasons, according to a letter sent to the county Circuit Court administrative judge.. Her resignation cuts short a promising career as the county’s chief prosecutor and a reform-minded leader for an office that has been mired in turmoil since her predecessor was charged and convicted in an indecent exposure/disorderly conduct case in 2017. And her decision to resign her position, so that a successor can be named quickly, reflects a level of character and public service that had been absent in the recent past history of the office. Former State’s Attorney Ellis (E.D.E.) Rollins continued to collect a salary and benefits for many months while he unsuccessfully fought, and appealed, the charges against him—while not actually performing the duties of the office. Taking a leave of absence to address her medical issues would have been an understandable, and fully appropriate, course of action while not actually surrendering the office and title. But her decision to step aside clears the path for the Circuit Court judges to name either an interim or permanent State’s Attorney to lead the office until the [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Coutz Wins Cecil County Council Seat, President&#8217;s Chair Open; Hawley Takes School Board Seat</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2018 03:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Coutz won the only contested seat for the Cecil County Council in Tuesday’s general election, scoring a landslide victory over a political newcomer, Cody Kirk. Coutz, a Republican. will take the District 2 seat to replace the retiring Joyce Bowlsbey. All seats on the five-member Council are now held by Republicans. Coutz, who has already been attending Council worksessions since before winning the GOP primary election in June, carried 66 percent of the vote. Coutz has been a sales executive in the shade and lighting industry and vice president of the Fair Hill Races. Kirk, a Democrat who also ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Elkton town council at the same time he was running for a County Council seat, received 34 percent of the vote. Kirk says he “works in retail” after previous employment at a dollar store in Elkton. The retirement of Bowlsbey leaves open the post of President of the County Council, which will be determined by a vote of the full Council when newly elected members are seated in a few weeks. The senior incumbent, George Patchell, who represents District 4, is not expected to seek the position. A contest is expected to come [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>ELECTION: Amanda Bessicks Wins State&#8217;s Attorney Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2018 04:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amanda Bessicks, a first-time political candidate who promised to shake up the State’s Attorney’s office and make it more responsive to crime victims, won in a three-way contest in Tuesday’s Republican primary. There was no Democratic candidate in the race. Bessicks, 34, has been prosecuting cases involving crimes against children since January and was been a prosecutor for four years. She is a graduate of the University of Delaware and the Widener University Law School and served as a law clerk in the local Circuit Court before joining the State’s Attorney’s office. Despite being a newcomer to local politics, Bessicks drew strong support from victim advocates, especially the family of Terri Ann McCoy, who was brutally murdered in a Chesapeake City home invasion several years ago. She was also endorsed by the Republican Club of Cecil County. Other candidates in the race were Karl Fockler, deputy State’s Attorney since last year and a more than ten-year veteran of the office; and Kevin Urick, a prosecutor with over 12 years’ experience in Cecil County and previously a Baltimore City prosecutor for over 15 years. With all but two precincts reporting, Bessicks won 50.5 percent of the vote. Fockler drew support from31.9 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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